But this time, Republicans will likely refuse to pass that funding resolution, thus triggering a shutdown.
By March 23rd, Congress will have to vote on another funding resolution to keep the government open, and advocates hope that DACA will be part of these funding negotiations.
Congress can pass a temporary funding resolution to keep the government operating – something that happened habitually under President Bush, whose demands to fund the Iraq war were frequent.
The message said: "In the event of a lapse in appropriations this message will be listened to and responded to upon a funding resolution".
"Please know that we cannot and will not support any funding resolution – an appropriations bill, an omnibus package, a continuing resolution, or otherwise – that contains any funding for Planned Parenthood, including mandatory funding streams".
A temporary funding resolution approved last year expires Saturday, and the House adopted on voice vote tonight a measure that would keep agencies running through the end of the month.
Portman made a pitch for legislation he introduced in 2012 that would avoid future government shutdowns by mandating that, lacking a funding resolution, spending continue temporarily at levels set in the previous year.
A White House official said that the administration had not seen House Republicans' proposed language for a government-funding resolution, but that the president would not accept anything "that defunds Obamacare or further cut the investments we need to grow and create jobs".
The Senate will be taking up the 2011 funding resolution next week.
Agencies have begun making contingency plans ahead of the 1 October deadline to pass a new funding resolution.
